Melissa Harris

A few years ago, Northwestern University economist Sandeep Baliga took to a blog to offer two of Chicago's most successful entrepreneurs, chef Grant Achatz and his business partner Nick Kokonas,...

Dominick's was founded by one man, an immigrant named Dominick DiMatteo, whose son helped him build the grocery chain. But unraveling the question of who was responsible for the demise...

Philip Laible, Argonne National Laboratory: endurance bioenergy reactor. An endurance bioenergy reactor. Huh? Most of us have seen one — in a movie. In "Back to the Future," Doc barrels...

An endurance bioenergy reactor. Huh? Most of us have seen one — in a movie. In "Back to the Future," Doc barrels his DeLorean into the McFlys' driveway. "What are...

A few years ago, at the Allen & Co. conference for media moguls in Sun Valley, Idaho, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett asked to sit down with then-Groupon Chairman Eric...

John MacLeod's new tech company, HearHere Radio, will launch as a free iPhone app early this month. The concept is modeled after online radio service Pandora, except the rolling content...

John MacLeod's new tech company, HearHere Radio, will launch as a free iPhone app early this month. The concept is modeled after online radio service Pandora, except the rolling content...

Veteran Chicago entrepreneur Howard Tullman says starting an online company at 1871 should be like joining the Marines. And this hard-charging style, Tullman said, will define how he runs the...

Veteran Chicago entrepreneur Howard Tullman has been named the next chief executive of 1871, the city's 50,000-square-foot coworking space for online startups inside the Merchandise Mart. The position is akin...